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by dpetty

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Okay, I have run out of ideas so I will try to tap into the vast knowledge on this board..

setup:
OS: windows 95
100base fx using ATM
SMS server

when trying to log onto a certain workstation, I get no authentication server. I ping the loopback-fine, I ping the workstation IP address-fine, I ping the DNS/Wins server-no dice. If I go to another workstation, I can ping the IP address of the workstation giving me the problem. Sometimes I can logon succesfully and the SMS server logon script works fine. Then after a 15 minutes of inactivity, if I try to ping the WINS/DNS server- no connectivity. I've checked the NIC, and the cables. I've run tracer to the WINS/DNS server and the TTL of the hops are 64, 26 on the router, and 126 to the servers. I'm wondering if I have a slow link and i'm getting timed out at the router, but I'm not sure, becuase I can still ping the problem machine from another computer. I thought about incresing the number of retries to compensate. Any suggestions would be helpful

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by grondin_e

suggestion: check the settings on the nic of the problem computer. If it is a 100 make sure it is not set on 10. If you have a network of 100 and the nic is set on 10 it will be over ran by everything else. you used the loop back so the nic is fine.try replaceing the ethernet cable.. that could be a problem but if you can ping it from another computer it should be ok. Next is the tcp/ip settings.. make sure that the subnet mask and that the gateway are correct. along with everything else

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